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    Links essay between the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham. ’ In this essay I will be linking the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham ’. The poem Cousin Kate was written by Christina Rossetti and is the story of a cottage maiden and how she was seduced and used by the lord of the estate for which she worked. The poem then goes on to describe how she became jealous of her cousin‚ Kate‚ as she then went on to marry the lord. "Havisham" is a poem written in 1998 by Carol Ann Duffy. It responds to

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    Purple‚ red and pink are the colors that describe the infamous Poppy Plant growing among acres and acres of Afghan soil. As the wind sway the fields back and forth‚ laying beyond such a beautiful scene are some of the main reasons these fields would be harvested of the very popular substance ripening on the inside of these plants‚ opium. The Poppy is an annual herb native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia. Poppy is cultivated in many other countries including Iran‚ Turkey‚ Holland‚ Poland‚

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    Countee Cullen’s "Yet Do I Marvel" and Langston Hughes’ "I‚ Too" are comparable poems in that their similar themes are representational of the authors’ personal tribulations of racial inequality. By comparing these two poems‚ we get a glimpse of the reality of the injustices of racism during the 1920’s by two prominent Black poets. Cullen and Hughes were born within a year of each other‚ and consequently wrote these poems in the same year (1925). This is significant because it reflects the time in

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    Comparative essay between the poems “Out‚ Out-” and “Disabled” Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost both use their poems “Out‚ Out-” and “Disabled” to portray the destruction of youth and how it can be cut short by a lack of maturity and wisdom. This creates a sense of loss of innocence within the reader. In “Out‚ Out-” the subject or character has a very quick and short death which contrasts to “Disabled” as death would be a merciful release to the veteran described. Frost and Owen also both use a third

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    concepts of grief and loss. In order to gain a clinical perspective on how the students in Mrs. Gruwell’s class move towards success‚ one must understand their journey towards a level of restitution. Grief and loss as a concept of this non fictional story is best understood through: a definitive knowledge of grief and loss‚ the losses experienced by the characters‚ and the interventions that are applicable to persons experiencing loss. When one thinks of grief and loss one usually thinks about

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    The author of the article‚ “The Futility of Vengeance” explains that revenge is something that can lead to bad and uncomfortable situations for both the initial bully and the retaliator if appropriate actions are not taken. The author believes that revenge should be taken more seriously so that only one person can be considered the one in the wrong when it comes to legal matters. She talks about how the desire for revenge consumes people’s lives‚ and leads them to do awful things. The author‚ Kate

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    emotions. There are many ways to express oneself and the most prenominate form is communication‚ but your emotional reaction to life is just as vital. The four basic emotions that a person will feel in his or her life time consist of‚ happiness‚ sadness‚ fear‚ and anger. Most people will explore every part of these emotions within themselves while‚ others will struggle to understand them. Emotions are a reaction to a persons environment as well as an expressive response to how you feel in your inner-self

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    animals to extinction for their benefits. There have been a lot of calls for respecting and protecting nature. The poems “The Author of American Ornithology Sketches a Bird‚ Now Extinct” by David Wagoner and “Moss Gathering”‚ by Theodore Roethke in A Book of Luminous Thing‚ do a good job representing this in their poems. They are similar in the way that they involve both human and

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    and physical effects of loss and grief. How might an ethical therapist incorporate this knowledge in his/her work No of words:2479 Losing someone or something we love is very painful. We may experience all kinds of difficult emotions and it may feel like the sadness will never let up. These are normal reactions to a significant loss. But while there is no right or wrong way to grieve —there are healthy ways to cope with the pain. Grief is a natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering

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    never forgot this experience. His work was strongly influenced by a poet Siegfried Sassoon. War had got a lot of effects on the people who got in it. Disability was one of them‚ and so was death of course. These were used as themes for many of the poems he had produced. ‘Miners’ and ‘Disabled’ were both written during the period of WW1. They share the reality of war and the effects of it on humans‚ both psychological and physical. ‘Miners’ is Owen’s respond on a colliery disaster‚ which caused a

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